What's on your Menu Today (Wednesday) RNYers?

Good morning Daisy and menu friends, wow February, where does time go? We are in birthday season. From Christmas to March we have 2 or 3 birthdays a month. Damn you birthday cake. I strayed 2 weeks ago and had a piece . I paid a hefty price for that decision, from the suffering to the guilt. And to boot it wasn't really that good. Not at all how I remember it. 

QOTD : What keeps me coming back here, there are many reasons. Even though I've never met any of you, I feel like I know you and I truly look forward to reading everyone's post's. We all have a common goal and although everyone's journey is different we get each other. I'm feeling really strong and focused today. I've stayed on my path this week and it feels so good. Before surgery my plan was to always start a diet on Monday. Monday always came and went. Sometimes I would be successful for a short amount of time, then I would lose motivation and give up. I've learned from coming here that falling off plan dosen't have to be the end. Get back up and be good to yourself, we are worth it. I will be 8 months out next week, I'm not at goal yet but I'm getting there. Hunger hasn't come back yet so I'm very fortunate. I know my honeymoon is half over and I have to be fierce in my decisions of what to put in my body. Some days I let fear in and I don't think I can do it,then I'll read a post from one of you guys and I feel stronger again. Thank you Daisy and JB for starting our menu posts, your detication is outstanding. I take what you say seriously about how  hard the struggle is after 1 year. Thank goodness I don't have to be on this journey by myself. Did I say thank you ?? 

Menu 

B 1 egg omlett, 15 grams of cheddar, 1. 5 slices of deli turkey. 

L  Shrimp with * * * * tail sauce 

D  2 oz of ground turkey, spaghetti sauce added to make 1 / 2 cup 

S  3 / 4 cup of plain Greek yogurt 

Totals 555 calories. 71.5 grams of protein 

Have a good day everyone. 

I love the word fierce!

Good Morning, happy Wednesday and happy February! Still can't believe January has come and gone.

QOTD: I love the support and accountability we provide to one another.  I enjoy having a place to go where people understand the day-to-day struggles.  It is part of my morning and I would feel like I was missing something if I didn't post.  I don't always get to spend as much time as possible reading other posts or replying as much as I would like though.  I am early for a West-coaster but there are still usually over 30 posts on this thread before I log in so it can take some time to read through them all.  

Time since surgery: 2 years, 5 months

B: SF latte, eggbeaters, ½ an orange and 2 turkey sausage links

L: Sweet and spicy tuna, a boiled egg and carrots

S: SF latte, Yoplait Greek 100 yogurt and Buddig ham

D: 4 oz. grilled chicken breast, carrots and a decaf SF latte with fairlife later in the evening

E: 45 mins stepper this morning and 40 mins of elliptical at lunch

V/W: On track

Totals: Cals:1075 Protein:134 Carbs:84 Fat:21

Have a great one!

Amen Daisy to everything you said. Some of us are further out, and I hope people/newbies pay attention to that when they read our menus....

Yes be a machine....keep pushing through that first year and more til goal. I have to say there were certain junctures I definitely saw changes in the eating and losing... 6 months was one of them, all of a sudden foods didn't disagree with me so much and weight loss slowed but still steady. (so maybe your center is right) .... at one year it was like a light switch, weight loss slowed dramatically... I had to re-adjust my choices. I always feel sometimes it is not about quantity but about the quality of our choices. In the beginning there were certain things I could eat on occasion and still lose weight....that does not happen now.

QOTD: Why do I keep coming back? Well, it was a long hard decision to have this surgery- I had internet surfed it for 10-15 years and thought I was never going to be one of those people who had it....  When I got to the point of making a decision, I said to myself- and in this case I am the only one who counts- if I am going to do this crazy thing, I am going to make it my job. Which means support. I go to support groups and the hospital and in the community and get a lot of support here too. I am lucky to have several community support groups started by Long-term WLS people....not everyone has been cool with that because it meant dropping out of other things...and I have gotten, 'you are still doing that?'" Does someone ask an alcoholic if they are still doing AA?

While support groups are great I need daily focus. I don't have the luxury of taking a day off... I am still capable of gaining significant weight in a week, also why I weigh daily.

As JB said- lots of great ideas that keep me going as well...because sometimes we are in a rut...

For newbies too- sometimes I don't eat all the food planned, but I like to have a full plan for those big pouch days.... not all 'snacks' always happen.....

B: Coffee latte w/miralax and fairlife. Turkey and LF Swiss

S: Protein drink

L: Pork Loin, veggie

S: Meatballs

D: steak and mushrooms

S: Chai latte, pb on a spoon

EX: 21-da-fix leg day-modified and done!

As soon as I'm cleared I'm joining you on the mat for 21 day fix! I bought the all access pass for a year so on top of 21df, I have access to all their programs. 

Good for you! I toy with doing that....

I was already doing the bod membership and my daughter uses it so it was actually cheaper to upgrade. I want to do everything I can to encourage her. 

No time to read rest of posts now but I'll throw mine on here. Lily and I have our 3.2 miles in already. Post op 4 years 5 months aND weight down to 116.8 today--bottom of my range. Also had another day with no snacking so met the goal there. I keep coming back here to see the amazing successes,share with people who get it and to hold myself accountable for every bite of food I put in my mouth. I have to agree with Daisy about maintenance being hard. Get that weight off ASAP newbies. No cake,no toast,no oatmeal and no chocolate chips til you get there. It only gets harder and harder the farther out you are. I am an oatmeal eater now because I need the fiber but not before I got to goal. And if my weight began climbing it would be the first thing that left the meal plans. Food for today B 1/2 c steel cut oats with protein and peanut butter added L 31/2 oz  baked chicken 2 bites Brussels sprouts D 31/2 oz t bone 1/2 c sweet potatoes S mission one chocolate brownie protein bar.  Have a great day everyone and make some smart choices that move you one step closer to your goal! 

Good morning DD2 and my peeps.  Another clusterfuck on the roads today, and it was even worse than yesterday.  I didn't realize when I left my house at 6:45 this morning that the roads were so bad.  I was kinda rushing and didn't take the time to turn on the news.  There was only a couple of inches of snow, but OMG, the roads were horrible.  My 45 minute commute took 1 hour 47 minutes.  I looked at google maps, which I use as my gps, and it said my average speed was 20 miles per hour.  I really should have gotten a screen shot of that, it was so ridiculous.  I really should have worked from home today.  The reason I didn't really want to is that I'm kinda at a lull in my work, waiting on lots of stuff, and if I had stayed at home I would have felt guilty for slacking today.  I don't mind slacking too much at work, since I'm here and available should anything come up.

DD2QOTD:  So, I have been coming here and posting on the menu thread since about a week before surgery.  I read it regularly in the months leading up to my surgery but never posted my menu until right when I started with the liquid diet a week before.  I have not been totally consistent, and my posting was spotty early on, but I started getting really regular in November of 2015, about 3 months after surgery when I feel like my diet started to be the "for life" diet of a WLS patient.  I have been usually very consistent and up until recently have posted most every day.  You guys have been here with me through all of it, and I am so very grateful for you all.  I believe, and this is the honest to goodness truth, that I have lost my weight (and I'm not to my goal yet at 18 months post op) if I hadn't found OH.  Oh, I would have lost a lot of weight, but I wouldn't have done as well as I have.  You guys here me struggle, I post a lot about my issues and my head hunger, but in the grand scheme of things, I've lost like 130 pounds.  And importantly, I'm still fighting for it every day.  You guys all inspire me, the Vets smack me around when I need it and lead by example.  I've met some wonderful friends and have gotten to meet a few of you in person.  I love this community, the vets, the regular posters, my peers.  I love the moderators, Kathy S. and Nikki.  I got to go to the OH conference in California last year and I met a lot of wonderful, successful people.  I NEED to make WLS a huge part of my life.  And I need you guys. *sniff, sniff*  I'm getting all teary eyed here.

So, I'm back at it.  I'm doing pretty good and feel like I'm getting back on track.  The medication is helping, and I'm going to therapy, and I'm feeling much more stable. 

I also have to agree with DD2 on the advice to the newbies.  I was not always perfect in my first year, I snuck things in here and there, and honest to goodness, I KNOW I would be to goal right now if I hadn't been lax in my menu early on.  It's hard to stop.  It's so hard to reset, and I know how much we want to enjoy things.  I wish I had listened to the advice better and been better about it.  But, hindsight is always 20/20.

Anyway, enough of this novella... here's my plan because I have a meeting in half an hour and want to get some stuff in order before I go in.

18 months since surgery (surgiversary is this Saturday)

B: 1 egg, 1 ounce of ham, ½ ounce of shredded velveeta.  A Carbmaster Protein Smoothie to sip on throughout the morning.  Coffee with sugar free coffeemate

L: Romaine lettuce, tomato, cucumbers and canned chicken with Skinny Girl Poppyseed Salad dressing

S: 1.4oz of Braunschweiger with 2 wedges of light laughing cow and a Light and Fit Greek Yogurt ( I have been bringing the yogurt every day, but haven't actually eaten it this week at all. It's logged, but I'll take it off if I don't eat it)

D: Grilled chicken with salsa and shredded cheese (I ended up eating BLT wraps last night (no bread) because for some reason I wasn't feeling the chicken.  But it's in my fridge and needs to be cooked, so we're having it tonight or I'll have to throw it out and I hate that.

Totals:

Calories 908 Protein 99 Carbs 46 Fat 35

Have a wonderful, fantastic, incredible day everyone!

Most days when I am commuting into Boston I would consider going 20 MPH a "good" commute. I have had days when the GPS tells me I averaged 7 MPH. Seriously. 7.